I also find the butthurt from a few reporters hilarious. Like it would be any more 'professional' to have Marshawn sit up there and answer stupid questions from guys in waldo outfits and wedding dresses.

SilentStrider:Shame Us: A story only sportswriters give half a sh*t about.

honestly I'd bet even most of them don't care. There's far more interesting personalities set to play in this game.

The whining on twitter was a little over the top. Doyel over at CBSSports wrote a whole over-wrought column about how embarrassing it was. John Clayton says the NFL should fine him $100k. Ed Werder decided that Lynch is getting special treatment from the NFL. Gah.

I really just wanted to know if Sherman was going to say anything funny.

Warlordtrooper:I think he should just give nonsense answers to the questions. Make no sense at all.

1. My great aunt is 1/4 cherokee.2. My favorite color is mauve.3. Once upon a time there was a little girl named Rapunzel. The end.4. I know you are but what am I?5. The King James Bible is the inspired word of God.6. Daddy!!! I want an Oompa Loompa.

Anderson's Pooper:Warlordtrooper: I think he should just give nonsense answers to the questions. Make no sense at all.

1. My great aunt is 1/4 cherokee.2. My favorite color is mauve.3. Once upon a time there was a little girl named Rapunzel. The end.4. I know you are but what am I?5. The King James Bible is the inspired word of God.6. Daddy!!! I want an Oompa Loompa.

I also find the butthurt from a few reporters hilarious. Like it would be any more 'professional' to have Marshawn sit up there and answer stupid questions from guys in waldo outfits and wedding dresses.

I wouldn't talk to the media either. But let's be real here - it ain't a bad rule. It's ultimately the media machine driving all that revenue. The nfl exists at all at the pleasure of that giant tv contact and the tv people demand access to the product. I wouldn't like it but I'd understand it. And finally, I like marshawn. I'd probably do it how he does it. But he should have picked another plumbing company. Beacon plumbing is terrible - the list of complaints against those guys wouldn't fit in a fark thread. I hope your average local Seahawk fan knows that.

Gooooood luck. Skittles is auctioning them off on eBay on the 29th with a bunch of other skittles-encrusted football stuff or something. And all proceeds are going to Fam 1st to boot, so you'll likely be looking at a $10,000 bag of skittles.

/they're also apparently giving them away occasionally in Seattle too?

Lt. Cheese Weasel:I admire him for not doing the goofy shiat. Same effing questions over and over and over.

/A modern day Duane Thomas

No, Thomas was a head case who was inconsistent on the field, and downright surly with the media, fans, and eventually teammates. He was alot more like Milton Bradley. Lynch just doesn't like to talk to the media, especially in large groups.

JohnBigBootay:I wouldn't talk to the media either. But let's be real here - it ain't a bad rule. It's ultimately the media machine driving all that revenue. The nfl exists at all at the pleasure of that giant tv contact and the tv people demand access to the product. I wouldn't like it but I'd understand it. And finally, I like marshawn. I'd probably do it how he does it. But he should have picked another plumbing company. Beacon plumbing is terrible - the list of complaints against those guys wouldn't fit in a fark thread. I hope your average local Seahawk fan knows that.

JohnBigBootay:I wouldn't talk to the media either. But let's be real here - it ain't a bad rule. It's ultimately the media machine driving all that revenue. The nfl exists at all at the pleasure of that giant tv contact and the tv people demand access to the product. I wouldn't like it but I'd understand it. And finally, I like marshawn. I'd probably do it how he does it. But he should have picked another plumbing company. Beacon plumbing is terrible - the list of complaints against those guys wouldn't fit in a fark thread. I hope your average local Seahawk fan knows that.

The shutter the product, the more they're able to get NFL players to shill for them.

McDonald's. Beats headphones. Papa John's. Apparently it works at the local level too.

JohnBigBootay:I wouldn't talk to the media either. But let's be real here - it ain't a bad rule. It's ultimately the media machine driving all that revenue. The nfl exists at all at the pleasure of that giant tv contact and the tv people demand access to the product. I wouldn't like it but I'd understand it. And finally, I like marshawn. I'd probably do it how he does it. But he should have picked another plumbing company. Beacon plumbing is terrible - the list of complaints against those guys wouldn't fit in a fark thread. I hope your average local Seahawk fan knows that.

I love Beacon Plumbing. When I bought the current house, it had two 55 gallon hot water heaters side by side (we have a giant jacuzzi tub). The inspection said they were reaching the end of their life and would need replaced in the near future. Fine. No problem.

So one day I come home and one of the tanks had vented it's guts all over the garage floor. I said, hey great, I'll isolate that tank, and call in a plumber to get the thing fixed on Monday. Except the retards that installed the second tank plumbed it inseries, so it was impossible to isolate. So there it is, Sunday night, and my hot water is gone. I was freakin'.

Beacon had a truck out in 45 minutes. The plumbers were clean, professional, and well trained. They noted that the second tank was about to go, too, and came up with about half a dozen options on what to do, along with pricing. They told me to think on it, re-plumbed the existing tank setup at no cost, and went on their way. Next day I had them out installing a tankless system, which has been fantastic. When I put the new kitchen in, I'm having them put in the recirculation system, too.

He's done several sports show spots (Sports Science, etc.) It's not that he's shy or anything, he just doesn't like the media. He's got his own style, and some pearl-clutching soccer mom in the Midwest might think her precious snowflake would melt if exposed to Marshawn at full strength. He swears, he listens to hardcore Oakland street rappers. But he's a stand-up guy to his teammates, and they like him.

I'm actually kind of surprised that John Clayton came out that way on him. Maybe he's just butthurt he didn't get the interview that Deion Sanders got.

My job brings me into brief contact with Seahawks and their families. This white, snarling machine pulls up and Marshawn hops out dressed in a hoodie and saggin' jeans.. Earl Thomas' mom is standing right next to me. I sigh..."oh Marshawn - pull up your freekin' pants!" I thought Mom was going to giggle herself to death. "I want to tell him that Soo bad" she says.

Taima:He's got his own style, and some pearl-clutching soccer mom in the Midwest might think her precious snowflake would melt if exposed to Marshawn at full strength.

Oh, it's someone from one coast or another, that has to pull the Midwest into every conversation and biatch about it. Your statement makes no sense at all; what the hell does a Midwest mom have to do with a player not wanting to talk to the media? There's no connection at all. You're the Internet version of "old man yells at clouds".

The media is so incredibly self absorbed and arrogant. For once, we have an athlete who doesn't want to talk, and they treat him horribly and try to make this into a big freaking deal.

Here's the truth: we don't give a fark about members of the media or how many of them felt snummed, and most of us don't hang on every word of athletes. Do your f*cking job and talk about the games/teams, don't MAKE stories out of this garbage because of feeling slighted. Lynch, and others, have done enough on (and sometimes off) the field to fill newspapers, so why do we care how a particular guy feels on a particular day? We want to see them perform, not marry them.

And, for the record, most of us would watch football REGARDLESS of things like post-game interviews. Don't pretend that contracts with these pro sports leagues don't provide a lot of benefits to the press, especially financially.

SANDERS: You camera-shy? You just don't want to talk, really.LYNCH: I'm just about that action, boss.SANDERS: You about to go get it. You just like to do.LYNCH: That's what it is. I ain't never seen no talking winning nothing. Been like that since I was little. I was raised like that.SANDERS: Well I respect it.LYNCH: I'm gonna get it. Don't need to talk about it.

Rent Party:JohnBigBootay: I wouldn't talk to the media either. But let's be real here - it ain't a bad rule. It's ultimately the media machine driving all that revenue. The nfl exists at all at the pleasure of that giant tv contact and the tv people demand access to the product. I wouldn't like it but I'd understand it. And finally, I like marshawn. I'd probably do it how he does it. But he should have picked another plumbing company. Beacon plumbing is terrible - the list of complaints against those guys wouldn't fit in a fark thread. I hope your average local Seahawk fan knows that.

I love Beacon Plumbing. When I bought the current house, it had two 55 gallon hot water heaters side by side (we have a giant jacuzzi tub). The inspection said they were reaching the end of their life and would need replaced in the near future. Fine. No problem.

So one day I come home and one of the tanks had vented it's guts all over the garage floor. I said, hey great, I'll isolate that tank, and call in a plumber to get the thing fixed on Monday. Except the retards that installed the second tank plumbed it inseries, so it was impossible to isolate. So there it is, Sunday night, and my hot water is gone. I was freakin'.

Beacon had a truck out in 45 minutes. The plumbers were clean, professional, and well trained. They noted that the second tank was about to go, too, and came up with about half a dozen options on what to do, along with pricing. They told me to think on it, re-plumbed the existing tank setup at no cost, and went on their way. Next day I had them out installing a tankless system, which has been fantastic. When I put the new kitchen in, I'm having them put in the recirculation system, too.

I wouldn't expect that a large plumbing company would screw up every single job. Anyway, Just thought I'd mention it as I spend lots of time vetting subcontractors - in twenty years I have never seen a rap sheet like theirs. The complaints and lawsuits under their license literally won't fit on one page. And who gets a "C" from the better business bureau? They already got "get Jesse'd" but I don't think it helped.

Shame Us:SilentStrider: Shame Us: A story only sportswriters give half a sh*t about.

honestly I'd bet even most of them don't care. There's far more interesting personalities set to play in this game.

The whining on twitter was a little over the top. Doyel over at CBSSports wrote a whole over-wrought columnabout how embarrassing it was. John Clayton says the NFL should fine him $100k. Ed Werder decided that Lynch is getting special treatment from the NFL. Gah.

I really just wanted to know if Sherman was going to say anything funny.

Just FYI, this is where I stopped reading your post because I learned that it wasn't news.

What a hack.

So, if you give candid answers like Sherman, you get killed in the press. If you say nothing, you get killed in the press. If you give canned, cliched, BS answers that the press has heard a million times and come out of a quote generator, you are a darling.

Just stop pretending that sports journalism has anything to do with real journalism, and we can all get along okay.

Taima:I'm actually kind of surprised that John Clayton came out that way on him. Maybe he's just butthurt he didn't get the interview that Deion Sanders got.

Apparently, the writer's union for football journalists is thinking about filing an official complain about it. What a bunch of assholes. You know, if they actually did their jobs and asked questions that were worth the time it took to answer them, some players would be more receptive. Hell, the Japanese reporter got almost ten minutes out of Lynch, mostly because she bribed him with (and talked about) candy. But it seems most sports journalists have the same questions:

1. How do you feel about (person)?2. How do you feel about (event)?3. How are you preparing for (event?)

And the funny thing is, on media day, most of the sports "journalists" howl and complain or treat like freaks the people that ask the off-the-wall or "stupid" questions. Hey, those folks may be dressed silly, but at least they try.